Huskies ranked #4 in Athlon preseason poll

DerekJohnson

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/washington-football-2017-huskies-preview-and-prediction

allpurpleallgold

@TierbsHsotBoobs

Swaye

Off season. The best season.

TierbsHsotBoobs

"You can't flag a moderator's post, even when it is preseason rankings bullshit. "

dnc

#1 in Athlon's 1997 preseason pole was special!

Gladstone

RaceBannon

dnc said:

#1 in Athlon's 1997 preseason pole was special!

TierbsHsotBoobs

You know why Race.

dnc

RaceBannon said:

dnc said:

#1 in Athlon's 1997 preseason pole was special!

sad!

puppylove_sugarsteel

13 returning starters? Who's the mathematician?

RaceBannon

RaceBannon said:

dnc said:

#1 in Athlon's 1997 preseason pole was special!

Actually I don't

puppylove_sugarsteel

Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't

UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position

RoadDawg55

I agree with the #4 ranking though. We lost a great secondary, but we are lucky to have depth there.

If we would have lost Browning or Adams and McGary or the whole DL, I would agree with the thought premise of UW taking a step back. We didn't though.

This team should be better than last year.

RoadDawg55

puppylove_sugarsteel said:

Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't

UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position

Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.

dnc

RoadDawg55 said:

puppylove_sugarsteel said:

Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't

UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position

Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.

Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.

Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.

All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.

I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.

If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.

CokeGreaterThanPepsi

Like Roadie said, the key to the offseason was not losing Vita (and Gaines, although he was like 1% to leave). But the second Vita returned we were set.

And if Kaleb and Trey return in 2018 shit could be off the rails.

RoadDawg55

dnc said:

RoadDawg55 said:

puppylove_sugarsteel said:

Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't

UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position

Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.

Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.

Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.

All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.

I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.

If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.

The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.

It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders.

GrundleStiltzkin

RoadDawg55 said:

dnc said:

RoadDawg55 said:

puppylove_sugarsteel said:

Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't

UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position

Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.

Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.

Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.

All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.

I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.

If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.

The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.

It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders.

We need a new rule or maxim for this bored, like Godwin's Law. "As a thread containing mention of Budda Baker grows, the probability of comparing Butta to Earl Thomas approaches 100%."

RoadDawg55

GrundleStiltzkin said:

RoadDawg55 said:

dnc said:

RoadDawg55 said:

puppylove_sugarsteel said:

Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't

UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position

Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.

Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.

Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.

All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.

I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.

If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.

The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.

It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders.

We need a new rule or maxim for this bored, like Godwin's Law. "As a thread containing mention of Budda Baker grows, the probability of comparing Butta to Earl Thomas approaches 100%."

i dont like it.

GrundleStiltzkin

RoadDawg55 said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

RoadDawg55 said:

dnc said:

RoadDawg55 said:

puppylove_sugarsteel said:

Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't

UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position

Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.

Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.

Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.

All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.

I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.

If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.

The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.

It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders.

We need a new rule or maxim for this bored, like Godwin's Law. "As a thread containing mention of Budda Baker grows, the probability of comparing Butta to Earl Thomas approaches 100%."

i dont like it.

One need not like the Laws of Physics. Some Laws simply exist naturally. We can call this one Roadie's Law.

doogie

#4 means we're in the playoff, right?